Drummer toy



H. N. BARNUM Dec. 27, 1932.

DRUMMER TOY Filed May 6, 1952 Patented Dec. 27, 1932 UNITED STATES PATIENT: OFFICE HOWARD N. BARNUM, OF CLEVELAND OI-IIO, ASSIGNfJR TO WOLVERINE SUPPLY AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION PENNSYLVANIA Application filed May 6,

The object which I have in view is the provision of a novel and attractive toy wherein a figure, preferably shaped and decorated to represent a drummer boy, is caused to beat a drum with two sticks whose movements are actuated by a toothed disk assembly driven by a motor.

The drum is positioned in front of the figure and preferably supported thereby and the sticks are secured to the arms of the figure. The arms are secured to the outer ends of a pair of alined shafts journaled in the figure, which shafts are provided with radially disposed fingers maintained in contact with the serrated perimeters of a pair of disks. The disks are mounted on the driven shaft of the spring motor supported within the figure, said disks being moved in unison by the motor. Therefore as the motor shaft is rotated the arms are raised and lowcred and the drum is thus beaten, the desired roll or tune beaten on the drum being determined by the arrangement of the serrations on the respective disk and the relation in'which the disks are assembled.

The'disk assembly is removably mounted on the motor shaft in such manner as to rotate with the shaft, and the proper assembly to produce the desired roll or tune is employed. If desired one assembly may be substituted for another to vary the roll or tune shafts, the rear half of the figure and a por-' tion of the framing being shown and the arms being shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the framing and the mechanical parts of the toy, portions of the front and rear halves of the figure and one of the arms being also shown.

Fig. 4 is a broken perspective showing the arm-shafts, the fingers and the disk assembly.

DRUMMER TOY 1932. Serial No. 609,665.

Fig. 5 is a detail inplan showing the armshafts, fingers and guides.

Referring to the drawing, the figure is,

formed of sheet metal and is composed of a front half 1a and a rear half 1?), the rear half being in fixed relation with the base 10.

shaped and decorated to represent a drummer boy or other suitable subject. 3 and 3a represent the twoarms of the figure, which arms are pressed from sheet metal and are bent at the elbow. The handends of said arms are provided with drumsticks 4 which are disposed above the drum 5. The drum 5 is supported in position by being attached to the front half 1a of the figure.

The arms 8 and 3a are secured at the shoulders to the-outer ends of the alined tubular shafts 6 and 6a respectively and said shafts are journaled near their outer ends in holes in the sides of the figure. The shafts are held in alinement by the cylindrical rod 7 over which the shafts are telescoped.

The shafts are provided at their inner ends with the radial fingers 8 and 8a respectively. Said shafts are preferably formed of sheet metal bent up into cylindrical form and the fingers may be formed by bending up pore tions of the same sheets of metal as is clearly indicated in Fig. 5.

9 represents a frame work attached to the front of the rear half 1?) of the figure and 10 is a spring-motor mounted in said frame work and wound by key 11 which protrudes rearwardly from the figure.

12 is the driven shaft of the motor and the same is horizontally exposed and extends the disk assembly may he slipped on to the front half of the shaft 12 before the front half 1a of the figure is put in place. The front disk 13 is provided with a series of holes 15 arranged concentrically about its center and afterthe disk assembly has been slipped onto the shaft 12 a sheet metal looking plate 16 which has a central opening squared to fit the shaft 12 is slipped on the end of the shaft; The 'plate16 is provided with arcuate arms with angular ends which are inserted in the holes 15 in the disk 13, thus locking the disk assembly to the shaft and causing it to be rotated by the shaft. A cup shaped washer 17 is then slipped on the end of the shaft and when the front half 1a of the figure is put in place itbears against said washer and holds the locking plate and disk assembly against longitudinal movement relative to the shaft. v

The perimetral surfaces of the disks 13 and 13a are serrated and the fingers 8 and 8a are respectively in contact with said disks, and thus as the disk assembly is revolved the fin gers are caused to rise and fall, thus causing the corresponding drumsticks to strike the drum. D

18 represents a pair of guides whlch extend upwardly from the frame 9 on either side of the fingers 8 and 8a and thus prevent outward longitudinal movement of the tubular shafts and the arms.

- Thus by a proper arrangement of the serrations of adisk the corresponding drumstick may be caused to strike a predetermined series and character of blows upon the drum and by assembling the disks in a desired relation the blows of the two sticks may be coordinated in such manner as to produce any desired roll or tune.

By substituting the proper disk assembly any desired roll or tune may be played.

It is obvious from the foregoing that my improved toy is of a very attractive character. It is of simple construction and therefore can be made and sold at a reasonable price. p

I claim 1 1. In a drummer toy comprising a hollow figure, a drum at the front of the figure and arms movably associated with the figure and carrying impact members to strike the drum,

the combination therewith of a pair of alined tubular shafts extending into said figure and journaled in the side walls thereof, one of said shafts being fixed to each of said arms to swing the latter, a cylindrical rod over which the inner ends of the shafts are telescoped to support the shafts in alinement, an angularly disposed finger fixed to each of said shafts within the figure, a pair of disks within the figure having serrated perimetral edges, one of said fingers engaging the perimetral edges of each of saiddisks, and a motor within said figure arranged to rotate said disks.

2. In a drummer toy, the combination of a stationary hollow figure to represent a drummer, a drum supported in front of said figure, a pair of horizontal shafts extending into said figure from opposite sides, said shafts being independently movable, a pair of arms having their shoulder-ends fixed to the outer end of said shafts and their hand ends provided with drum sticks whereby whenthe shafts are oscillated the sticks beat the drum, a radially disposed finger fixed to each of the shafts within the figure, a pair of rotary disks'within the figure and arranged for rotation on a common axis, said disks having serrated perimetralsurfaces and. the perimetral surface of each of saiddisks being engaged by one of said fingers whereby the 0013 responding shaft is oscillated when the disk is rotated, and means for rotating said disks, the serrations of each disk being so formed and-arranged that the corresponding drum stick is caused to beat the drum in; such a manner that the combined strokes of both sticks produce the desired drum roll.

3. In a drummer toy, the combination of a stationary hollow figure to represent a drummer, a drum supported in front of said figure, a pair ofhorizontal shafts extending into said figure from opposite sides, said shafts being. independently movable, a pair of arms having their shoulder-ends fixed to the outer end of said shafts and their hand ends provided with drum sticks whereby when the shafts are oscillated the sticks beat the drum, a radially disposed finger fixed to each of the'shafts within the figure, a. pair of rotary disks within the figure and arranged for rotation on a common axis, said disks having serrated perimetral surfaces and i ii the perimetral surface of each of said disks being engaged by one of said fingers whereby the corresponding shaft is oscillated when the disk is rotated, the serrations of each disk being so formed and arranged that the corresponding drum stick is caused to beat the drum in such a manner that the combined strokes of both sticks produce the desired drum roll, and a spring motor mounted within the figure and arranged to rotate said disks.

Signed at Cleveland, Ohio, this 30day of April, 1932.

HOWARD N. BARNUM. 

